Study: Men Love Their Ladies 'Marginally More' Than Their Sports Teams

To anyone who has dated (or married) a sports fan whose obsession with their favorite team borders on the maniacal, we ask: Do you hear the Sports Center music in your nightmares? Have you caught yourself griping, “I swear, you love that team more than you love me!” And is that accusation — often shouted when asked to move a little to the left of the TV — really true?

Puma and Droga5 recently designed a UK-based study to determine whether men really love their teams more than their lovely ladies (yes, we realize many rabid sports fans are women, but this study focused only on the stereotypical male fan and his less-than-enthused female counterpart).

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